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2020-21 MIT Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Liane Xu

  • Height 5-7
  • Year Sophomore
  • Hometown Boston, Mass.
  • High School Boston Latin
  • Event Free
  • Major Brain and Cognitive Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests
50-Free - 26.28
100-Free - 56.74
200-Back - 2:21.55
100-Breast - 1:13.65
200-Breast - 2:39.80

2020-21:
- Season Cancelled Due to Covid-19
- NEWMAC Academic All-Conference Team

2019-20:
- Invite: 200 Medley Relay (13th), 200 Free Relay (14th), 400 Free Relay (14th), 100 Breast (34th), 50 Free (47th)
- Regular Season Dual Meet Top-5 Finishes: 4

On Dry Land at MIT:
- Majoring in brain and cognitive science
- Model how neurons in the retrosplenial cortex encode landmarks for spatial navigation in the Harnett lab
- Identified pathways that are differentially expressed in patients with APOE3 versus APOE4, a genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, in the Tsai lab
- Arts editor for The Tech
- Associate Advisor

High School:
- A 2019 graduate of Boston Latin School
- Qualified for State Championship
- Competed for Crimson Aquatics
- National Honor Society
- Modern Foreign Language Honor Society
- Captain of Math Team
- Representative on Mayor's Youth Council
- Webmaster for Friends of Math and Science
- Member of Debate Team
- National AP Scholar
- 6th on MA Math Olympiad
- National Latin Exam Gold Medal
- National Spanish Exam Silver Medal

Historical Player Information

  • 2019-20First Year

    Free
    5'7"
  • 2020-21Sophomore

    Free
    5'7"